Ice hockey world championship's group standings

Minsk, May 11 (IANS) The group standings of the World Ice Hockey Championship after Saturday's matches were as follows, according to Xinhua.

The standings (tabulated under matches played, won, overtime won, overtime lost, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Group A

Canada 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 4

Norway 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3

Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3

Czech Rep. 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2

France 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2

Slovakia 2 0 0 1 1 3 7 1

Denmark 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0

Italy 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0

Group B

United States 2 2 0 0 0 9 3 6

Russia 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 3

Latvia 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 3

Germany 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2

Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1

Finland 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0

Belarus 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0

Switzerland 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 0